US EditionNATO 'Doesn't Really Exist Anymore Other than on Paper', Experts Say
Hegseth declined to back NATO’s collective defense pledge as Trump weighs an exit, and legal barriers could require Congress to approve any withdrawal.
- On Wednesday, President Trump told The Telegraph he is weighing an exit from the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty compact, dismissing NATO as "beyond reconsideration" after feeling betrayed by the alliance.
- Trump expressed disgust with the alliance, telling reporters that members "haven't been friends when we needed them" and describing the commitment as a "one-way street" where the United States receives little in return.
- Last Thursday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth declined to commit to NATO's collective defense provision, while The National Defense Authorization Act of 2024 requires a two-thirds Senate majority or congressional bill to authorize withdrawal.
- Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz urged calm on Wednesday, emphasizing that "there is no NATO without the United States" and that U.S. commitment remains in the interest of all allies.
- Republicans in Congress could refrain from challenging the president's decision in court, potentially leading to NATO's downfall without its most powerful member and ending the 1949 security pact.
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NATO 'doesn't really exist anymore other than on paper', experts say
US president Donald Trump has once again branded the NATO alliance a 'paper tiger' in an interview with Britain's Daily Telegraph, saying he had moved "beyond reconsideration" of U.S. membership. FRANCE 24's Brussels correspondent Dave Keating explains that "Donald Trump has no intention of defending Europe if it is invaded by Russia" adding that "Trump is the only one who determines whether NATO is a 'paper tiger' or not"
The US president claimed that Iran had approached the US with a request for a ceasefire, but Tehran denies his claims.
ANALYSIS - Accused of obstructing the offensive in Iran by closing its bases to American bombers, France is pointed out by the United States and Israel. And with it the NATO, which Donald Trump threatens to leave.
Atlantic relationship: Out of frustration over the lack of help from European countries in the war with Iran, Trump threatens to leave NATO. Although he does not…
The US President again threatens to withdraw from the transatlantic alliance. Experts nevertheless advise Europeans not to give in to Trump's call for support in the Iran war.
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